Real Estate

This updated annual seminar is intended for attorneys who represent cooperatives and condominiums and, in particular, those who serve as directors on cooperative and condominium boards. If you attended the Hot Topics in Coops & Condos program in April, you won’t want to miss this program!Program Chair: Dale J.
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This program will provide practitioners with an overview of important current issues affecting cooperatives and condominiums, their boards and owners. The program will also include an update of recent case law. Program Chair: Dale J. Degenshein, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPCLE credit: New York: 3.0 professional practice; New Jersey: 3.0 general MCLE; and California & Pennsylvania: 2.5 general MCLE.
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This presentation will address important issues relating to the formation, negotiation and documenting of real estate joint venture agreements, including structuring, capital contributions, management and control rights, exclusivity and non-complete restrictions and exit strategies.
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There are numerous participants in constructing a building or other type of project: owner/developer, general contractor/construction manager, sub-contractors, vendors and design professionals. Sometimes the owner/developer is a public entity with different considerations and constraints from that of a private entity.
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The financial crisis has put a tremendous amount of stress on the legal infrastucture for residential mortgages and securitization, and has raised a number of technical and political questions about the adequacy of the current establishment and the potential need for reform.
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This program will cover the basics of the purchase and sale of cooperatives, condominiums and houses. The panelists will review forms of ownership, pre-contract due diligence, transfer and mortgage taxes, title insurance and lien searches. The program will also cover the contract of sale, including a review of the loan contingency clause and other most frequently negotiated contract provisions, general estate planning considerations, commonly encountered problems (such as combined apartments), and “how to” close a transaction.
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Do you want to become more adept at anticipating and preventing problems before closing, and troubleshooting at the closing table when unanticipated situations arise? Are you worried about representing yourself, a family member or friend at an upcoming co-op condo or residential real estate closing? Here is your chance to "eavesdrop" on mock coop and house closings.
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